We sallied off to Nailsea yesterday morning – it’s a nice little town that has most of what you might need for day to day stuff. I wanted to get some more catnip for the Tribe – they love it, but they want it in a herbal form. Sadly Aaron’s Pets didn’t have any, so…
Tag: shopping
Did you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)
I nipped (or popped) up to the Local Shop* this morning – we needed potatoes and onions, and some shoop, as I didn’t get round to making any yesterday. and I needed to post a letter too. And in that fine emporium, they had a single and solitary duck, on its sell by date, for…
People are very odd
I was in our local farm shop this afternoon; a chap knocked down the wicker basket with the baguettes in it, and they fell on the floor. He started picking them up. *With tongs*. And putting them back in the basket. This struck me as odd, to say the least. When I pitched up to…
don't have a cow, man
Yesterday afternoon, we trundled up to Telford, to collect half a cow from the inestimable Steve Rawlings. This is rather less meat than it sounds, as Dexters are small beasts anyway, and this was a small beast in Dexter terms too. On the way home, we stopped at a farm shop somewhere in Shropshire for…
oh yes …
I forgot. There was also Jarlsberg cheese (in slices, which is very nearly an Abomination, but is good in sandwiches nonetheless), and 473ml of Madagasgan Vanilla Extract for the stonking price of £3.99. Given that Lakeland, to take an example, charges £4.99 for 118ml, this is what I term A Bargain!
it's endemic
We just had a ring on the doorball, from a chap selling door to door from www.goodtastefoods.co.uk. He had a van full of stuff, and we were interested enough to let him show us his wares. He brought a heap of boxes to the house; he had salmon, tuna, hake and cod, and all the…
wildfoods.com
this looks interesting … “Welcome to Wildfoods, the food explorers website! Discover fresh harvests from the wild Caledonian forests of Scotland to the scrub-lands of Australia. Taste our delicate oils and vinegars from France, Italy and Greece or savour the intense flavour of our truffles gathered from all over Europe. Wildfoods bring you fresh and…
fruit and veg don't have to look perfect
Hurrah for Waitrose – according to this story from the Independent, they are ” launching a range of “ugly” looking seasonal fruit at discounted prices for use in cooking. The “class two” produce will be either visually flawed or oddly shaped, according to Waitrose, but otherwise perfect for eating.” Now – if only the great…
hard to find foods
May be found at www.hardtofindfoods.co.uk … providing, of course, you’re looking for what they sell. And if you don’t mind the spelling errors. But useful, nonetheless.
alas, poor Rudolph
Reindeer paté, anyone?. From www.firebox.co.uk.